Around Here for Jan. 8

• Za'Miyah Blount, a fifth-grade student, won the Striplin Elementary School spelling bee Jan. 5. Blount spelled the winning word “collage.”She will compete in the Gadsden City Schools Spelling Bee at 9 a.m. Jan. 19 at the Board of Education office and will compete later in the countywide spelling bee.Fifth-grader Jesse Norris was the runner up.

• The following students are Spelling Bee winners who will represent Rainbow Middle School in the county spelling bee: Madison Barron, seventh grade, first place; and Gage Helm, eighth grade, second place.The Geography Bee winners for Rainbow Middle School are: Coby Lee, eighth grade, first place; and Lakota Leek, eighth grade, second place.Coby Lee will be taking the state geography test in January and will be notified in March if he has qualified for the state competition to be held at Samford University in April.

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